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Properties And Applications Of Propylene Plastics
Just like other thermoplastic materials, polystyrene has also very specific properties. Becuase of these specific properties, it finds various kinds of applications itself in enigneering and daily life. In here, we explain the general properties of polystyrene and the applications that polystyrene is used hence these properties.
Polystyrene is produced highest volume around different copolymer and terpolymer structures of styrene monomer(C8H8). But polystyrene has linear molecular structure and has amorphous structure. Also it has very brittle behaviour which is very interesting one. Because of this brittleness, 5-155 of rubbery materials are added into polystyrene polymers. These polystyrenes called as high-impach polystyrene(HIPS). With the addition of these additives, toughness of polystyrene increases, but tranparency reduces. There are some important properties of polystyrene polymer;
The symbol of polystyrenes is ‘PS’. It is spelled like that in chemistry. Addition polymerization is the production process of polystyrenes. Polystyrene polymer is fully amorphous and because of that, it has transparency. Because of its brittle nature, elongation of polystyrenes is very low, which is around 1%. Melting temperature of polystyrene is around 240C and glass transition temperature is 100C which is somewhat high. Tensile strength of polystyrene is 50 MPa and modulus of elasticity of polystyrene is around 3200 MPa.
These are the general information about polystyrene polymer. Do not forget to leave your comments and questions about polystyrene polymer and its applications below. Your precious feedbacks are very important for us.
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